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Omega on 6/5/2003 at 16:26

This thing needs maintainance. There seems to be a problem with the banners.

Plus all the files seem to be down. But I see this is a problem with the host and not the site. Jason's server seems to be down entirely. :erg:

Gingerbread Man on 6/5/2003 at 17:13

Regrettably, Jason had to withdraw his services. The archive is currently being relocated and re-linked to a new server, I believe. As I understand it right now, Manny the Thief has kindly taken up the torch.

Stay tuned.

jstnomega on 7/5/2003 at 00:52

Manny, Hurry plz! Withdrawl 101 here.

TheOutrider on 8/5/2003 at 00:47

Just an idea... I don't have the bandwidth to do it, neither do I have a 24-7 internet connection, so I can't do it... :/
What about setting up a peer-to-peer filesharing server for FMs, screenshots and other TTLG related stuff (ie. the original Jukebox, other non-gaming related music by the TTLG residents, etc etc)? This would take the bandwidth load off of TTLG and divide it up among the people here.
[edit] Of course the server would still generate traffic, but it would probably still be quite a bit less than the traffic generated by hosting the actual files. Another downside I see would be that it'd be user-unfriendly towards people who don't have the corresponding clients... [/edit]
To avoid legal problems, it would be necessary to prevent people from offering illegal material, though, and I have no idea how that could be done. Or, for a less work-intense project, maybe just put a page online that has edonkey links to the FMs, music, whatever? A problem here would be that the files might vanish in the hilarious amounts of files on the edonkey network.

As I said, just an idea...

Omega on 8/5/2003 at 08:17

<a href="http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/">Bittorrent</a>?

Oh, and the banner needs fixing too. ;)

TheOutrider on 10/5/2003 at 01:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Omega
<a href="http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/">Bittorrent</a>?

Haven't tried BT out. From looking at their FAQs, I have honestly no idea how it works. How complex is it to download or share files on the network? Would there be a possibility to open a "Server" (ie. File Tracker) for TTLG, or would people just dump their files on the "normal" network?
The former would, in my opinion, be a more "reliable" way to share the corresponding files; people would just connect to the TTLG server and look for the file they want. If it's not there, they can still try other file sharing networks or servers, but the TTLG server and the users connected to it would be, so to speak, a "replacement" for the "normal" hosting of the files.
In the case of TTLG using a separate "server", a protocol that can handle multi-sourced downloading should be used so that people with fast connections don't have to drag a 300meg FM from only one person with (probably) much less upload bandwidth than the downloader has download bandwidth. Multisourcing would help with that, as people could download from several other users at once, getting better download rates.
A "centralized" sharing network (ie. one server that handles file indexing, search requests etc.) would probably also be easier to track concerning illegal material, hence give better means to prevent legal trouble for the server admins.
What I'm going for is... err, let me explain it with a possible implementation.
We create an eDonkey server for TTLG and, instead of "normal" download links for the files on the various TTLG sites, insert ed2k links into the pages. Thus, people who want to download things would just connect to the TTLG eDonkey server (would it be possible to include the server's IP or hostmask in the ed2k link, thereby eliminating even -that- step?) and dump the ed2k link into emule, lmule, whatever they're using. If somebody shares illegal files, the people running the server could warn the user to take the illegal shares offline, and if he doesn't comply kick or ban him from the server to avoid trouble with the RIAA, MPAA or whoever else might be interested in suing people for copyright infringement.

Bye,

outie

jstnomega on 20/5/2003 at 02:02

Let the cowboy ride!

Many thx to whomever got it up & running again.

TheOutrider on 27/5/2003 at 01:37